STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1047

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1205

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1205, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEMPORARY HEALTH INSURANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED PERSONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to assist unemployed persons in continuing health insurance coverage by establishing a Temporary Health Insurance for Unemployed Persons Program (Program) to provide temporary health care coverage for persons who have lost their health insurance coverage due to a reduction in hours or a loss of employment.

 

     The ILWU Local 142 and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Department of Human Services and the Hawaii Medical Service Association submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Requiring the Director of Human Services to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the 2010 Regular Session reviewing the effects of the Program; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1205, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1205, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Labor & Public Employment.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair